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authorBjörn-Egil Dahlberg <egil@erlang.org>2014-03-18 15:31:41 +0100
committerBjörn-Egil Dahlberg <egil@erlang.org>2014-04-01 11:21:21 +0200
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doc: Clearify language of user-defined attributes
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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml
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@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ fact(0) -> % |
<pre>
-Tag(Value).</pre>
<p><c>Tag</c> must be an atom, while <c>Value</c> must be a literal
- term. As a convenience in user-defined attributes, the literal term
- <c>Value</c> the syntax <c>Name/Arity</c>
- (where <c>Name</c> is an atom and <c>Arity</c> a positive integer)
- will be translated to <c>{Name,Arity}</c>.</p>
+ term. As a convenience in user-defined attributes, if the literal term
+ <c>Value</c> has the syntax <c>Name/Arity</c>
+ (where <c>Name</c> is an atom and <c>Arity</c> a positive integer),
+ the term <c>Name/Arity</c> will be translated to <c>{Name,Arity}</c>.</p>
<p>Any module attribute can be specified. The attributes are stored
in the compiled code and can be retrieved by calling